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Genna

Our birth story is much like many others' - it didn't go as expected.
We had prepared a rough birth "wish list" rather than a birth "plan", but it was choosing to have a Doula alongside us for our journey into parenthood that was the best birth prep we could have done. A Doula is a person (typically a woman, most often who has given birth herself) who tends to the mother … [Read more...] about My Birth Story – Sophi Reinholt

Children are born into a world of sound and movement. Music helps their intellectual, imaginative, emotional, social and cultural growth.
Music is enjoyable, soothing and assists in the development of listening skills, concentration, coordination, cooperation, communication and memory, as well as being a valuable resource for creativity. It is important to value children’s … [Read more...] about Play idea: Music – Waiata

Painting is a way for children to show their feelings and be creative using different colours and textures of paint.
Children will most often paint what they know and feel rather than what they see, so it is really important that adults let them paint in their own way.
Painting can help children to:
develop hand, eye, arm and body coordination
develop finger and … [Read more...] about Play idea: Painting – Waituhi

Sand is a useful material for children to manipulate. They can explore it by feeling, patting, pounding, shaping, moulding and digging; they can build and ‘make cakes’ with it; they can move it from place to place.
Playing with sand can help children to:
learn about the properties of sand and water by feeling, patting, shaping, digging and lots more
strengthen their … [Read more...] about Play idea: Sand – Kirikiri

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In an attempt to encourage parents and children alike to be comfortable in and around the water’s edge, Kapiti Parents Centre has teamed up with Coastlands Aquatic Centre to bring our members heavily discounted Swimming[...]

In an attempt to encourage parents and children alike to be comfortable in and around the water’s edge, Kapiti Parents Centre has teamed up with Coastlands Aquatic Centre to bring our members heavily discounted Swimming[...]

Baby Wigglers is a music and movement programme run by Kapiti Parents Centre. The sessions run for half an hour with emphasis on fun, interactive activities for parents and their babies. During sessions we use[...]

What is Little Wigglers? It’s music and movement for babies and toddlers run by Kapiti Parents Centre. The sessions run for half an hour with an emphasis on fun, interactive activities for parents and their pre-schoolers.[...]

Kapiti Parents Centre is a not-for-profit organisation, our Committee gathers regularly on a monthly basis to discuss how we can best serve our members. If you are considering being part of the Committee, or you[...]

What is Little Wigglers? It’s music and movement for babies and toddlers run by Kapiti Parents Centre. The sessions run for half an hour with an emphasis on fun, interactive activities for parents and their pre-schoolers.[...]

Pregnant and want to know about giving birth before the big event? Then our Antenatal classes are the way to go. Led by a Qualified Childbirth Educator, the classes cover the following: Health and nutrition Stretching and[...]